Article originally appeared on www.dailywire.com.
Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is part of the United Nations and “seeks to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies,” warned this week that Iran has grown close to developing nuclear weapons.
Before the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which restricted Iran to enriching uranium to 3.68% purity, Iran had “200 kilograms of uranium enriched to 20% purity, and around 10,000 kilograms of low-enriched uranium at levels of 5% purity or lower,” The Times of Israel noted.
But Grossi warned Monday that “It has uranium at 60% — 90% is military grade — and is thus practically at the same level as nuclear-armed states.”
Earlier this month, the Office of the United States Director of National Intelligence reported that “Iran now has enough fissile material to make more than a dozen nuclear weapons.”
“Iran has enough highly enriched uranium alone to build …
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